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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by darkarmani on Friday April 07, 2017 @05:11PM (#14063531)
> If terrorists know you don't search children, they'll place bombs on children.

Do they have the operational capacity to carry out thousands of attacks like this a year? You might as well say: "if we only lock cockpit doors, but don't weld them shut, well then they'll cut through them."

We make exceptions all of the time based on feasibility and cost/benefit.

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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by dragonwriter on Friday April 07, 2017 @07:43PM (#14064318)
> Do they have the operational capacity to carry out thousands of attacks like this a year?

They don't have operational capacity to carry out thousands of attacks per year outside their primary area of strength by any means, and this isn't really all that relevant to attacks in that area.

So the question is: how much of an impact on their operational capacity to strike into, say, the US would it be to do this. Doesn't seem like it would be much.

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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by leereeves on Friday April 07, 2017 @07:40PM (#14064303)
Do terrorists have children? Sure.

Do terrorists have bombs? They seem to know how to make them with extremely limited resources.

What do you think they're missing?

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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by darkarmani on Friday April 07, 2017 @08:23PM (#14064495)
The operational ability to successfully carry out sophisticated attacks with children and the will to sacrifice (many) children in this manner.
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